Was Petraeus the "Sex Scandal" Drudge was Teasing on October 31

Drudeg had a big ole siren teaser: Sex Scandal Hits Campaign," released at 7:30 or so October 31. We know Cantor went to FBI Director Mueller with the information on...October 31.

There's some delay, then Drudge releases the lame "scandal" about Bob Menendez at 2am on November 1.

It always struck me as off.

Now, to be fair, Drudge often teases complete bullshit and then ends up with something as lame as this. But this time the whole thing looked odd.

The tease - "Sex Scandal to Hit Campaign" - is utterly vague.

Menendez (single, by the way) is a well-known womanizer, which is why the reported scandal fizzed out in less than a news cycle. But here's the hypothesis: Cantor leaks this to Drudge, who teases it. Then Cantor, maybe after talking to Mueller, pulls back hard - no, no, no. So Drudge comes up with the utterly lame Menendez story, which had probably been sitting in a Daily Caller vault since summer.

I would be looking at contacts between Cantor's people and Drudge on October 31.

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7. I think so...

the timeline fits and the lame 'fill-in' of Menendez didn't fit the 'election changer' breathless alert by Drudge even by scumbag Drudge standards.

I think Cantor or someone else, maybe the shirtless FBI guy, whispered sweet nothings in Drudge's cruddy ear about this, Drudge did the flashing red light thing and then was called off the story because it wouldn't hurt the President but would hurt the repubs.